Sep 24, 2019 11:16 AM
In Memoriam: Harold Mabern (1936–2019)
In July 1975, 39-year-old Harold Mabern took the stage at Carnegie Hall during a solo piano night at the New York City…
Sep 24, 2019 11:16 AM
In July 1975, 39-year-old Harold Mabern took the stage at Carnegie Hall during a solo piano night at the New York City…
Sep 24, 2019 9:23 AM
Speaking with Anthony Braxton is much like trying to improvise alongside the 74-year-old reedist: You need to stay on…
Sep 23, 2019 7:16 PM
With a career as a multiplatinum jazz singer, pianist, composer and arranger spanning more than 40 years—and two…
Sep 23, 2019 11:24 AM
In a piece on Trilogy 2, DownBeat writer James Hale says the “artistic breadth and technical facility” of bassist…
Sep 23, 2019 10:38 AM
When poet, playwright and novelist Steve Cannon died July 20 at the age of 84, New York’s Lower East Side lost one of…
Sep 23, 2019 9:58 AM
The generation-defining and genre-defying saxophonist John Coltrane was born Sept. 23, 1926. He would have been 93…
Sep 23, 2019 9:00 AM
Last year, Blue Note released Kenny Barron’s leader debut for the label: Concentric Circles, a tour de force for…
Sep 20, 2019 7:48 AM
The first jazz record Poncho Sanchez bought with his own money, when he was about 12 years old, was Coltrane…
Sep 19, 2019 9:00 AM
The phenomenon of “lost” jazz recordings finally emerging has caused waves throughout the jazz world. In addition…
Sep 18, 2019 10:19 AM
Robert Glasper soon will set up shop at the Blue Note for a month, playing 56 gigs at the New York jazz club Oct. 3 to…
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